Standard ErrorsMedical care benefit combinations: Access

Table 45. Standard errors for medical care benefit combinations: Access, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2012

Characteristics

Medical care and retirement benefits

Medical care and life insurance benefits

Medical care benefits and defined benefitretirement

Medical care benefits and defined contributionretirement

Medicalcare andretirementbenefits

Medicalcare and noretirementbenefits

Retirementbenefitsand nomedicalcarebenefits

No medicalcare and noretirementbenefits

Medicalcare andlifeinsurancebenefits

Medicalcare and nolifeinsurancebenefits

Lifeinsuranceand nomedicalcarebenefits

No medicalcare and nolifeinsurancebenefits

Medicalcarebenefitsand definedbenefitretirement

Medicalcarebenefitsand nodefinedbenefitretirement

Definedbenefitretirementand nomedicalcarebenefits

No medicalcarebenefitsand nodefinedbenefitretirement

Medicalcarebenefitsand definedcontributionretirement

Medicalcarebenefitsand nodefinedcontributionretirement

Definedcontributionretirementand nomedicalcarebenefits

No medicalcarebenefitsand nodefinedcontributionretirement

All workers

0.8

0.3

0.3

0.6

1.2

1.0

0.2

0.6

1.0

0.7

0.2

0.6

1.6

1.5

0.2

0.6

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.6

1.4

1.3

0.2

0.6

1.0

0.7

0.3

0.6

1.8

1.7

0.2

0.6

Professional and related

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.5

1.4

1.3

0.2

0.6

0.9

0.8

0.4

0.5

1.7

1.7

0.1

0.6

Teachers

0.9

0.1

0.4

0.8

1.6

1.4

0.2

0.8

1.2

0.8

0.4

0.8

1.9

1.8

0.2

0.9

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

0.4

–

–

0.3

1.8

1.7

–

–

0.4

–

–

0.3

2.0

2.0

–

0.3

Service

1.7

0.9

0.4

1.5

1.7

1.0

0.3

1.4

1.9

1.4

0.4

1.5

1.7

2.0

0.2

1.4

Protective service

1.2

–

–

1.0

1.6

1.0

0.4

1.1

2.1

1.8

0.4

1.0

2.8

2.9

0.3

1.0

Sales and office

2.3

0.6

0.6

1.8

2.4

1.8

0.5

2.0

2.5

1.3

0.4

1.9

2.4

2.6

0.6

1.9

Office and administrative support

2.1

0.2

0.7

1.9

2.5

1.9

0.5

2.0

2.4

1.1

0.4

2.0

2.5

2.8

0.6

2.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.0

–

–

1.8

2.1

1.3

–

–

2.7

1.9

–

–

3.3

4.0

–

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

4.6

–

1.7

–

4.5

2.2

–

–

4.7

2.5

–

–

3.6

4.3

–

–

Full time

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.1

1.2

1.2

0.2

0.2

0.9

0.8

0.1

0.2

1.8

1.8

–

–

Part time

1.6

0.5

1.2

1.9

1.2

1.2

0.8

1.8

1.5

0.6

1.2

1.9

0.7

1.6

0.7

1.7

Union

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.3

1.7

1.7

0.3

0.4

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.3

2.0

1.9

0.2

0.4

Nonunion

1.3

0.5

0.5

1.0

1.6

1.3

0.3

1.1

1.7

1.2

0.3

1.1

2.1

2.2

0.3

1.0

Average wage within the following categories:1

Lowest 25 percent

2.0

1.0

0.8

1.7

1.7

1.1

0.4

1.7

2.2

1.4

0.6

1.7

2.3

2.9

0.5

1.6

Lowest 10 percent

3.2

–

–

3.0

2.9

1.3

0.5

3.1

3.6

2.5

1.0

3.0

2.3

4.2

0.7

3.0

Second 25 percent

1.1

0.4

0.5

0.7

1.6

1.4

0.3

0.9

1.6

1.1

0.4

0.7

2.3

2.3

0.2

0.9

Third 25 percent

1.4

0.3

0.4

1.4

1.8

1.5

0.3

1.4

1.5

0.9

0.3

1.4

2.3

2.3

0.3

1.4

Highest 25 percent

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.3

1.3

1.3

0.2

0.4

0.9

0.8

0.2

0.3

1.7

1.7

–

–

Highest 10 percent

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.6

1.4

1.2

0.3

0.7

1.7

1.6

0.4

0.6

2.2

2.2

–

–

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

0.8

0.3

0.3

0.6

1.2

1.0

0.2

0.6

1.0

0.7

0.2

0.6

1.6

1.5

0.2

0.6

Education and health services

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.7

1.3

1.2

0.2

0.8

1.0

0.8

0.3

0.7

1.9

1.9

0.2

0.7

Educational services

0.6

0.2

0.4

0.6

1.3

1.3

0.2

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.6

1.8

1.8

0.2

0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.4

1.6

1.6

0.2

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.4

1.8

1.6

0.2

0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

1.9

0.2

0.6

1.9

2.2

1.0

0.3

2.0

2.7

2.3

0.7

2.1

3.8

4.0

–

–

Healthcare and social assistance

3.3

0.2

0.3

3.2

3.8

–

–

3.2

4.7

3.7

0.3

3.2

4.4

4.3

0.3

3.2

Hospitals

1.5

–

–

1.4

1.8

–

–

1.5

5.1

4.9

–

–

4.9

5.4

0.4

1.5

Public administration

1.5

0.3

0.5

1.3

2.0

1.6

0.2

1.4

1.7

0.8

0.4

1.3

2.4

2.5

0.3

1.4

1 to 99 workers

3.4

0.7

1.5

2.9

3.7

3.4

1.1

3.1

3.8

2.2

1.1

3.0

3.2

4.4

1.2

3.1

1 to 49 workers

4.8

0.9

2.2

4.6

4.9

2.2

1.8

4.7

4.7

2.4

1.5

4.6

3.1

4.5

1.9

4.7

50 to 99 workers

2.7

–

–

2.2

7.8

–

–

2.3

3.6

2.9

1.1

2.2

6.2

5.9

–

–

100 workers or more

0.6

0.3

0.2

0.5

1.1

1.0

0.1

0.5

0.9

0.7

0.2

0.5

1.6

1.6

0.1

0.5

100 to 499 workers

1.8

–

–

1.3

2.2

2.0

0.3

1.3

1.9

1.7

0.5

1.3

2.4

2.4

0.3

1.3

500 workers or more

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.5

1.1

0.9

0.1

0.5

0.9

0.7

0.3

0.6

1.8

1.9

0.1

0.5

State government

1.2

0.1

0.3

1.1

2.5

2.3

[2]

1.2

1.7

–

–

1.2

3.2

3.4

–

–

Local government

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.6

1.2

1.0

0.2

0.7

1.0

0.8

0.2

0.7

1.4

1.4

0.2

0.7

Geographic areas

New England

3.4

–

–

2.4

3.9

4.2

–

–

5.2

–

–

2.4

–

4.9

–

2.7

Middle Atlantic

1.4

–

–

1.4

1.9

0.9

1.2

1.3

1.1

0.5

0.6

1.1

3.0

2.8

–

–

East North Central

2.3

0.5

0.8

2.1

2.3

1.1

0.6

2.1

2.7

1.9

0.8

2.0

3.6

3.4

0.6

2.2

West North Central

1.8

–

–

1.4

2.9

2.5

0.7

1.6

4.4

–

–

1.4

7.1

7.6

–

–

South Atlantic

1.7

0.3

0.2

1.6

3.1

2.6

0.1

1.7

1.7

0.7

0.2

1.6

4.6

4.1

0.1

1.6

East South Central

3.7

–

–

2.7

6.7

–

–

–

5.4

–

–

–

5.7

7.6

–

–

West South Central

3.4

–

–

1.4

3.0

2.5

–

–

3.1

2.0

0.2

1.3

2.1

1.7

–

–

Mountain

1.9

–

–

1.6

5.5

–

–

1.5

3.0

2.7

0.5

1.6

5.0

5.7

0.4

1.6

Pacific

1.6

0.1

0.6

1.2

3.8

4.2

0.2

1.7

2.0

1.5

0.6

1.3

3.8

3.3

–

–

1The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with earnings both above andbelow the threshold. The average wages are based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings inthe United States, 2010." See Technical Note for more details.

NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans, key provisions, andrelated terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20112012.htm.